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Topic: Martin Luther King  (Read 698 times)
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« on: January 21, 2008, 10:58:01 AM »
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The I Have a Dream Speech


I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.


The Rest of the Speech:  http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
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« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2008, 08:43:46 PM »
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Best example of what MLK was taking about:

Vote totals for Civil Rights Act
Totals are in "Yes-No" format:

The original House version: 290-130   (69%-31%)
The Senate version: 73-27   (73%-27%)
The Senate version, as voted on by the House: 289-126   (70%-30%)

[edit] By party
The original House version:

Democratic Party: 164-96   (64%-39%)
Republican Party: 138-34   (80%-20%)
The Senate version:

Democratic Party: 46-22   (68%-32%)
Republican Party: 27-6   (82%-18%)
The Senate version, voted on by the House:

Democratic Party: 153-91   (63%-37%)
Republican Party: 186-35   (80%-20%)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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